Enlightus Blog

Web-Based Authoring - Drag and Drop Question

2009-01-13T06:14:00.000-08:00

Drag and Drop questions enable you to create questions that require the user (learner)a participant to place text or images in the correct positions on the page . They do this by dragging the items into position over defined drop areas.

Web Authoring View

Learner View

Enlightus Tools

2009-01-13T06:08:00.000-08:00

The Tools area lists all page is designed to list all the desktop and web-based software tools and applications available in the market and their corresponding companies or providers that help you create online learning multimedia content and help with online instruction and evaluations.
The categories help you navigate through different types of tools ranging from video editing, eLearning authoring to online surveys and evaluations.You can use these tools in addition to the Enlightus built-in tools to create content and import it into your Enlightus learning portal.
Enlightus.com interviews practitioners, users and experts to help you bring the latest in Tools news, announcements, articles, blogs and more.

Social networking – My Connections

2009-01-13T05:44:00.000-08:00

After finding the people, you can add people to your connections and startto sharinge information and content. You need approval from people to add them to your networknetworks.

Once they accept your request, you can see then in your “My Connections.”

Social Networking – Expert/Member Search

2009-01-13T05:07:00.000-08:00

Enlightus’ Social Networking service allows you connect with people (members and experts) who share same interests or learning activities.

On Enlightus, you can search for the people (Experts and Members) using keywords like: First name, Last Name, Interest Areas, Expertise Area, Country etc.

After hitting the search button, it gives you the listing of Experts or Members in search result page. You can view the complete profile of Experts/Members and can communicate with them by sending e-mail.

Shopping Cart

2008-11-10T06:24:00.000-08:00

Enlightus has a well organized Shopping Cart which enables you to purchase the valuable content that best suits your need from the list of items from the Catalog. To navigate to Catalog click on "Browse and Buy" menu. You can make a purchase by adding the items to the cart first. Once you click on "Add to Cart" link for any of the content items listed in the Catalog, a small view of the cart is displayed on the top right hand corner of the page, which displays items in the cart as shown in the image below.
From this window, the user can remove the content item or proceed to check-out inorder to make the purchase.

NOTE: You need to have a Login account with Enlightus to purchase the items

Clicking on Check Out button, the system takes to the the screen to Login (If not login before) or gives you an option to Create a New Account with Enlightus. Login to the Enlightus with your existing login id password. Once you input the valid login credentials, you will be redirected to a page where you can see the items in the left side of the page, which you have added to the Cart as shown in the below images.

In the right side of the page you can find two options to make the payment. You can select to "Pay with a Credit Card" or "Pay with PayPal". After selecting either of the options, input all the required fields and click on Continue button to proceed to make the payment.

Happy Shooping!

Newsletter Signup

2008-11-10T03:46:00.000-08:00

Anyone can subscribe to Enlightus Newsletter by typing one of the valid email addresses and clicking on Subscribe button on the Enlightus home page as shown on the right side of the image, marked with red color. After successful subscription, an alert message will be popped up saying "Thank you! You are now signed up for the newsletter".

Enlightus Top Menu Bar

2008-08-02T13:09:00.000-07:00

Enlightus.com now shows a top bar. This makes the searching easier for the learners. To go to Enlightus, the growing repository of Learning Content, just click the "e" icon on the left top or click the link "Enlightus" on the right. To search the master catalog of content or across all learning portals under Enlightus, just click the "Search" link on the top right and launch the global search.

Event Creation on Enlightus

2008-07-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

Enlightus now allows to create Events - online classrooms or webinars. There are many standard applications to do online meetings like MS Live meeting, Webex etc., but when these are used in the context of online learning, it is also important that it is "trackable" for both authors and learners.
Enlightus Event editor has following key features:
- Ability to schedule an event online
- Neutral to online webinar tools: this means one can use any of the variety of tools online but the tracking can still happen on Enlightus.

- Events are searchable, so if the number of events grows, it is easy to look for the specific one based on the description, keywords, title etc.
- If the event is not online but is a classroom event, you can show the URL for directions to the geographical location. Simply copy paste the URL from the maps application you use like google maps or yahoo maps etc.

- select from an existing list of Presenters available in the system so you do not need to remember who are the presenters available in the system.

Global Search: Search accross Learning Portals

2008-06-23T09:00:00.000-07:00

Enlightus users can search across the main portal and all the leaning portals in the network to find learning resources or courses. The user can click on the items listed in the search result to connect with the leaning provider and learning resource of their choice.

Welcome to the Enlightus Blog

2008-06-22T22:20:00.000-07:00

Hi! Welcome to the Enlightus blog.

So what is this blog going to be about? Well, of course, about the latest happenings at Enlightus, but more importantly this blog is about you - our users. So feel free to write in about anything and everything, and we’ll respond as soon as we can.

Enlightus will mean different things to different people but essentially it is a rich and fast growing platform for creating ‘Learning Ecosystems.’ We envision many interconnected learning ecosystems in which learning and educational content providers, experts, educators, service providers and learners can thrive.

For experts, trainers and educators, it is the ability to create rich learning experiences. It is a way to monetize their knowledge and take their audience to the next level of knowledge and skill and have that satisfaction of having shared the knowledge. To facilitate build your ecosystem, we have a collection of rich online authoring tools to create eLearning courses, Classroom training, Virtual classes/webinars, eBooks/Articles and more.

For students or learners, it is a place to search for a variety of content from professional training topics to hobby classes. You can create your own learning path – all in one place. No more need to go to different websites for searching different learning resources. You can also track and monitor your learning progress and certifications.
For corporations, government agencies and universities, it is a place to find and subscribe to online courses, learning resources and find experts who can impart training to the intended audiences. Enlightus platform includes a Learning Management System (LMS) to administer and track training or you can link with your existing LMS.

While you take advantage of the Enlightus platform, you may have questions, feature requests and ideas! And this blog is one of the ways to let us know.

We wish you a great teaching and learning experience!

Enlightus Team